The SEAL'S Kiss

Celestia193's Author's Note: Okay, so we didn't plan for this chapter to happen, but the idea of the double wedding was popular enough that it seemed like leaving it out would be short-changing the story. So, here you go, the wedding chapter. And soon to come, Honeymoon, then the epilogue. Oh, and Aoda gets a little time to shine as well. He's such a good little snake.

Chapter 23

Mikoto giggles inside the White House along with all the other women. The big day had finally arrived. After well over two months of planning, Hinata knew that today was the day. The day that she was getting married to Sasuke!

Not only that, but it was a double wedding. Itachi and Neji were also getting married. A fact that probably annoyed Neji, but she couldn't blame Itachi exactly. Organizing two White House Weddings probably would have caused the Internet to short-circuit.

At the moment, she was looking at herself in the mirror as her bridesmaids and future mother-in-law fussed over her. Though it was Mikoto's observation that was drawing the most amusement. "Well at least it won't be hard for the flower girls to find flowers to throw in the Rose Garden." That was true. She could hear people fawning over flower girls. That's right. They had several of them because a White House Wedding had to be done in style according to Hinata's mother.

Ino laughs, watching the little ones race around. She'd volunteered a couple of her little cousins for the duty, and they'd managed to find four more to make an even dozen. "Yeah, no kidding." She sighs, putting the finishing touches on Hinata's hair. "It's hard to believe that you're actually getting married, Hinata."

Hinata shakes her head as she looks at her beautiful gown in the mirror. "I know. It's even harder to believe that I'm marrying a SEAL and that Neji is getting married on the same day." She truly felt like a princess in the pristine sleeveless white gown with the charming sweetheart neckline, a simple silver belt around her waist, and the bottom of her dress flowing like ocean waves whenever she moved.

"You look so beautiful!" Emiko smiles at her, tears threatening to spill forth from her eyes.

Hanabi laughs at her mother and dots her eyes with some tissues. "You always cry at weddings. Today, we might actually have a flood in the Rose Garden." Though the young model doubted her mother would be the only one putting on the waterworks today. "But she's right Hinata, you do."

"Of course she does!" Ino places a long, trailing veil into Hinata's hair, fastening it with pins, before adding a tiara. "I would never let her walk down the aisle without, at the very least, looking fabulous!" Nothing else would do for her best friend. "And I'm sure that your SEAL will think so as well."

Hinata blushes at that. "Well I'm pretty sure Sasuke is more interested in the Honeymoon than the actual wedding." Which made the other women laugh.

Ino shakes her head, grinning away. "Of course he is…" And she expected that Hinata would be pregnant by the time she and Sasuke came home in a couple of weeks.

Itachi smiles as he waits with Sasuke by the altar and their groomsmen. It was tough to decide who was walking down the aisle between him and Neji, but in the end...his lover had taken one for the team. Mostly because he wanted to walk alongside Hinata, he suspected.

"It's a beautiful day." The skies were blue, the birds were chirping, and the roses were in full bloom. It was an explosion of red and white everywhere. "The media is going to love this." The red was from all the roses and the white was from the the alter and the white carpet they had laid out. White flower cases with matching roses with matching ribbons were also separating the aisle from the rows and rows of chairs for their guests.

"Yes, I'm sure they will." Sasuke had settled comfortably next to his brother, eying him amusedly. "Now all we need is for something to go wrong." Though he really hoped that nothing went wrong, because he really didn't want to stain his white uniform.

Classical music was playing and Itachi could hear people talking and laughing there must have been hundreds of people here. Both from their family, friends, politicians who wanted the photo op, and of course the press. Considering how many people were jammed into a relatively small space, it was amazing how quiet everything was. Well, not for long.

"SNAKE! IT'S A SNAKE!" Little Aoda came slithering forward with two small jewelry boxes wrapped up in a silk ribbon, then wrapped around him.

Confusion ensued. "Wait is it wearing a ribbon?!"

Another person didn't care though. "SNAKE! SNAKE! WHERE THE HELL IS THE SECRET SERVICE!"

Aoda didn't care though. He was perfectly content to just play his role of the ring bearer, eventually settling beside Sasuke and bobbing his head, proudly presenting the rings.

"That works." Sasuke chuckles, leaning down to let Aoda slither up his arm. He'd much rather this sort of thing be what goes 'wrong' at his wedding. "Good boy." He was extremely good at delivering rings, and Sasuke was more than happy to take advantage of that. "I'll get you a mouse later."

Aoda perks up at the word mouse before he slithers off again. "Wait. You trained a snake to be a ring bearer?!" Someone's voice pierces through the crowd.

"Of course." The little guy was perfectly safe, so Sasuke saw no issue with spending a few afternoons training Aoda to slither with two ring boxes. And it wasn't hard, the snake was a smart one. He straightens up and hands a box to his brother. "I doubt I'll ever understand why people are so afraid of snakes."

Fugaku chuckles nearby. "Well now that everyone has thoroughly been traumatized, I think that I see Hiashi's head peeking out." Which meant that he was going to escort the bride and a certain long haired groom down the aisle.

Sasuke's eyes snap immediately to where the President stood at the other end of the aisle, Neji and Hinata by his side. And Sasuke's eyes found themselves falling solely on Hinata. Her dark hair, held back by twisted braids around her crown, spilled over her shoulders and down her back in beautiful waves, contrasting against the white and silver theme of her embroidered dress. "Hinata…" Knowing that there's a huge grin on his face, he reaches up to hide it with the wide brim of his matching white hat.

Neji, on the other hand, had caught as many eyes as the blushing bride in his white and blue tux. And while he looked a little on the embarrassed side, he remained perfectly composed as he accompanied his cousin down the aisle.

"He's so cute when he squirms." Itachi smirks and then smiles at his handsome groom. "God, I love him." Though to be fair, Itachi would have been squirming in Neji's position as well.

Sasuke rolls his eyes just out of sight of the crowd. "Why don't you at least TRY to be nice to the man who's going to be your husband in about ten minutes?" He'd long since accepted that Itachi was never going to be 'nice' to him. "You did cop out on the proposal."

"I am being nice." Itachi looks at Sasuke as though he was mortally offended. "Foolish little brother, don't make me poke your forehead on your wedding day." Besides, he did not cop out on the proposal! It would make an excellent story to tell their children and grandchildren one day!

Honestly, Itachi could be such a child sometimes. "And don't make me poke you with something a little sharper." Sasuke glances at the ceremonial sword fastened to his belt.

"Childish, Sasuke." He turns his attention back to Neji. "Truly. Though I have the most handsome groom in the world."

"Right." Sasuke shakes his head. Whether or not that was true, the truth was that Hinata was far more beautiful.

Hinata blushes as she feels all the crowd's eyes on her, Neji, and her father as they made their way down the aisle. She was surprised to see Sasuke had a sword, but apparently that was normal in military weddings.

Neji's own heart was pounding in his ears. Usually, he didn't mind the spotlight. Today was different, though. Today, there was no room for error. He glances at his cousin, smiling a little nervously. "Just about there." It wouldn't be long now. They would be on their respective Honeymoons within six hours.

Hiruzen Sarutobi smiles as the respective couples make their way to the alter and when they finally arrived, Itachi took Neji's hands in his and Hinata smiles at Sasuke as she shyly does the same. "Dearly Beloved, we are gathered here today to witness not one, but two unions. The unions of Sasuke Uchiha and Hinata Hyuga, and Itachi Uchiha and Neji Hyuga."

Sasuke smiles, lifting Hinata's hands up and kissing them softly, enjoying the rosy blush that blooms across her face. And he would have to make a note of thanking his old teacher's husband for volunteering his father for the ceremony. Apparently, he used to officiate typical military weddings, but was happy to come and oversee theirs as well.

The elderly man smiles again into the crowd. "A double wedding is rare enough, but a family double wedding in the White House Rose Garden, well I would say this is downright historic. Still, if anyone has any reason why either of these two couples should not be wed, speak now or forever hold your peace!"

Mikoto and Emiko were looking around. They might not have said it out loud, but if anyone objected it was more likely than not that the Secret Service wouldn't be the first to perform a tackle. The mothers were more than willing to their duty. FOR THEIR GRANDBABIES!

The hopeful soon-to-be grandmothers weren't the only ones glaring at the crowd, warning everyone to keep their traps shut. Even if they had 'lost' Sasuke to Hinata, Naruto, Sakura, and Sai were all staring at the crowd, just DARING someone to try and ruin their best friend's big day. There was no question as to what they were doing up near the altar, the matching uniforms and SEAL insignias showed just which couple they were there to watch over. Their commander, the rear-admiral, was also conspicuously visible at the front of the crowd, glancing back with a deceptively friendly expression.

The crowd wisely stays silent.

"Wonderful." Sarutobi smiles and glances at them. "Do you Itachi Uchiha take Neji Hyuga to be your lawfully wedded husband? And do you, Sasuke Uchiha take Hinata Hyuga to be your lawfully wedded wife? To love, honor, and cherish them for all of your days? To stand by their side in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, for richer or for poorer, until death do you part?"

"And to give us grandchildren!" Mikoto and Emiko add 'helpfully', making the old man chuckle and Hinata very much a blushing bride.

Sasuke laughs softly, lacing his fingers with Hinata's. "And protect you, and our family from any danger that comes our way for the rest of my life." His smile is soft, gentle, adoration pouring from him. "I do."

She smiles and holds his hands as well. "Yes, I pledge all of that and to be your favorite dance partner." Her eyes were shimmering with happiness and her face still flushed a rosy pink color from her blush. "I do. Always and forever."

There's some laughing from Naruto and Sakura as it's Sasuke's turn for his cheeks to flush a bright red. "Right…the dancing…" Did she HAVE to say that part out loud?

She smiles at him as Itachi smiles at Neji. "I pledge to do all of that and to help you become Congess's sexiest Senator in a few years." He was staring at the other Hyuga with just as much love as Sasuke stared at his Hyuga. "And I do take you as my husband, always and forever."

Neji flushes at the declaration, bolstered a little by the fact that the SEAL only a couple of feet away was also a little flustered. "Yes, yes, I do." Neji rolls his eyes at the fluffy, romantic declarations. He lowers his voice, hissing quietly into Itachi's ear. "This had better be one hell of a honeymoon, because I'm not telling you what I'm promising while there are small children present."

Itachi smiles at that and brushes his lips against Neji's ear in return. "Then I very much look forward to our honeymoon." It was a good thing that his lover hadn't said that last part too loudly or else that would have definitely caused quite the scandal of sorts. That would keep the tabloids busy for years, he was sure of it.

"Mhm." Neji raises a hand up, turning Itachi's face towards his. "But you're kissing the wrong spot, genius."

"Who says that I can only kiss one spot?" He chuckles and captures Neji's lips in a heated kiss.

Sasuke resists the urge to laugh as his brother kisses his new husband passionately, if a little prematurely, he glances at the old man, before turning to his new wife and wrapping her up in his arms. "Well, I suppose that he can beat me to the kiss." He'd beaten Itachi into a relationship, to the proposal, and to the altar. Itachi could have one of the four.

Sarutobi chuckles. "Well you may kiss the bride and the groom." Kids these days, honestly.

"Perfect." Sasuke presses his lips to Hinata's lips, pulling her flush against him.

Hinata blushes and kisses him back. "Yes, you are." She was sure that there were going to be a lot of photos of this kiss.

As the couples kiss, the audience goes crazy, either applauding or snapping pictures, and there are more than a few military personnel milling about, smirking and plotting. After all, there were traditions for them to uphold.

Kakashi takes the chance to whistle loudly for the dozen and a half naval officers in attendance. Sasuke probably wasn't going to be too pleased about some of this, but it was going to be fun to watch. And he smirks as Naruto, Sakura, and Sai leave the delegation near the altar, making their way down the aisle and attracting a lot of attention from the gathered guests as the officers line up along the aisle.

Sakura grins as she removes a ceremonial sword from the belt of her own uniform, standing beside Naruto and across from Sai as she raises it over the aisle. "Ready?" That was going to be awesome, but it would be wrong of them not to 'welcome' Hinata properly.

Hinata watches them curiously and a little warily. "Sasuke?" She huddles to him. "What are your crazy friends planning?"

Sasuke chuckles, wrapping one arm around Hinata's waist and taking her hand as he guides her back down the aisle. "It's a tradition for when soldiers get married. It's called the Arch of Sabers. We walk under it."

"Oh. Well that's not so bad." As long as the sabers stayed up, she thinks to herself as she walks alongside her husband.

"No, it's not." Sasuke smirks as they pass under the first pair of swords. "You'll get to play with one later too, I promise." Well, two, actually.

"S-Sasuke!" She blushes madly and squeaks at his innuendo as they advance forward.

"What?" His eyes dance with amusement as they move towards the end of the arch. "How else are you going to cut the cake?" It was tradition!

She gives him a dirty look. "You tricked me!" She had walked right into that one!

"Yes, yes I did." Sasuke laughs as they reach the end of the aisle, only for Naruto and Sai to lower and cross their swords in front of the newly wedded couple.

Naruto grins widely. "Don't forget the tradition, Sasuke. Gotta welcome your wife properly."

Hinata was suddenly stricken by a urge to run. Naruto looked way too happy about the tradition. Whatever it was.

Sasuke's eyes narrow. "If you or Sai lay one hand on her…"

"They're not!" And Hinata receives a firm swat to the backside from the sole female officer lined up among the eighteen members from Team Seven. Sakura grins widely. "Welcome to the family, Hinata."

She blinks at that. "..." The female SEAL had just spanked her. She was highly disturbed. "I'm...flattered by the offer, but just Sasuke is more than enough for me." The bluenette really had no interest in joining their Naval Harem!

Sasuke's eyes blaze at Sakura, but only for a few seconds as the two swords in front of the rise again. "She doesn't mean THAT family." He guides her away from his mischievous teammates and towards the reception area, where a very large cake sat. "At military weddings, it's an unwritten tradition to stop the couple at the end of the aisle before the reception, and the bride gets a slap to the ass. It's supposed to be a welcome for those who marry soldiers."

"And that doesn't cause fights?" Hinata blinks again in surprise. "Never mind. It seems that I have a lot to learn about being a military spouse."

"Don't worry." Sasuke kisses her temple, brushing away her hair. "I'll teach you. After all, there's a lot of perks to having a husband with military training." There was a lot of stamina involved. "But first, we should probably cut the cake."

"Oh yes, I'm already familiar with the perks." She laughs and smiles at him. "Alright. Let's go cut the cake."

"Alright." Sasuke smirks as they approach the gigantic cake, designed and baked by the White House chefs. "My Lady." Sasuke draws a shining steel sword from its sheath, handing it to Hinata. "The blade is yours."

Well she was far more used to handling Sasuke's other sword, really. "Um alright." Hinata wasn't entirely sure about this. "Time to cut the cake, I guess." She slowly raises it and lowers it onto the cake.

"She looks absolutely terrified." Itachi chuckles quietly at his husband. "Though to be fair, I think that's the first time she's ever held a metallic sword." He smirks at his own innuendo while wrapping his arm around Neji.

"Will she be alright?" That sword looked awfully sharp, even if Neji had never seen the SEAL use it. It was cutting through the cake with ease. "Have you ever seen your brother use it before?"

"Not really, but I imagine he has." Itachi smiles at him. "Don't worry, my foolish little brother would never allow one hair on her head to be harmed."

It was something of a miracle, but Hinata manages to cut the cake without incident. "Dinner is served!" She giggles at the thought

"And so are you." Scooping up a handful of the cake, Sasuke gracefully makes the fluffy, sweet vanilla icing meet Hinata's face.

Hinata laughs and quickly eats the cake. "The same could be said for you." Before doing the same to her husband, delighting in the sight of his face being covered by frosting.

Rolling his eyes, Sasuke removes the bits of cake and frosting from his face, licking it from his fingers. "You almost make me want to skip the reception entirely." He was tempted to just drag her off for their honeymoon a few hours early.

"That would be very bad." Hinata smiles at him. "Everyone is watching."

"You're right." Sasuke smirks as he spots a chair, a perfect place to go through with another tradition, one not unique to the military. "Well, now that we've had cake shoved in our faces, I think that we're a little overdue for seeing the battle over the flowers, don't you?"

That was one battle that was going to be vicious. "Alright." Hinata smiles at him as she heads away from him briefly to find a good spot to throw the bouquet.

"Alright, everyone." Hinata smiles as Neji joins her with another bouquet (it seemed more practical than a garter-belt ). " On three!" Her smile was practically infectious. "One, two, three!" And with that, she hurls the flowers into the crowd as her cousin follows her splendid example.

The flowers go sailing into the crowd and all the women begin to fight over them like rabid animals. "I think...a Head of State, just pulled on another woman's hair." Hinata blinks. "I'm glad that I'm married now." She definitely did not want to get in the middle of that cat-fight.

"Me too." Neji winces at the sight of the fray. "Wait…" It couldn't be. "Is that Sakura?" Oh boy, that wasn't going to end well.

Within the fray, and coming out relatively unscathed, is one young woman in an entirely white uniform, holding a bouquet of flowers, looking rather bewildered, as she hadn't tried to catch them, having just gotten caught up in the battle when Hinata's friend had pulled her in. Of course, there's no way that a SEAL would lose a battle with a bunch of civilians. "Uh…" She waves the bouquet, frowning. "Does someone want this?" She was pretty sure that there's have to be a bunch of new legislation put in place if she was ever going to get married.

Itachi shakes his head in amusement. "It's perfect just where it was." He might not care too much for the exotic nature of their relationship, but there was no denying Sai's, Naruto's, and Sakura's commitment to each other.

"Oh." Sakura's cheeks turn the same color as her hair. "Okay." She glances through the crowd to see it dispersing a little, as the other bouquet had been caught by one cougar of a senator.

Mei smirks as she waves off the disappointed ladies, winking at Gaara, who had retreated to a safe place near the cake. "It's about time I caught a bouquet."

"They never had a chance." Gaara shakes his head almost pitying the other women. "I wonder what size ring she wears?" He wonders to himself, his voice thankfully low enough no one heard him.

Sasuke chuckles at the sight of the two women. "Well, now I know where the garter-belt is going." Like hell was he not smacking Naruto in the face with it. Maybe, if he aimed properly, he could get both Naruto and Sai with it. "Hinata, sit." He motions to the closes chair, plan already rolling through his head, step by step.

"Arf! Arf!" Hinata laughs as she sits down and holds out her leg for her husband.

"Looks like the kitten turned into a puppy." Sasuke smirks as he runs his hand up her leg underneath her dress, hearing more than a few catcalls from his unit. "Such a good girl." He hook his fingers under the lacy fabric, tugging at it teasingly.

She blushes at that. "You're impossible sometimes!" Hinata doubted she was ever going to stop blushing.

For a few seconds, Sasuke was tempted to pull it off with his teeth, but that would probably make Hinata faint, if her blushing was any indication. Oh well. He slides it off slowly, much to the amusement of his fellow SEALs, before turning and shooting it like a paper wasp, right at his best friend and teammate.

Bullseye. The garter-belt not only smacks Naruto in the face, but it bounces off Sai on the way. It was a perfect shot.

"OWE!" Naruto hisses at him. "You can be such a bastard sometimes!" Even Sai looked a little irritated at the setup.

Sasuke smirks at the two. "Well, Sakura caught the bouquet. Would you rather me have hit someone else with it?"

"No, but you didn't have to make it so painful." Sai gives him a dirty look as Naruto nods his head vigorously.

"Well, it had to hit both of you." The SEAL shrugs. "Besides, Sakura smacked my wife's ass." So really, the three of them had it coming, because Sasuke KNEW that she didn't conspire to do that by herself.

"Well yeah, you would have killed us if it had been me or Sai." Naruto huffs.

No, he wouldn't have. He did still love those two, those three, differently now to how he did Hinata, but he still cared for his team. "Come on, you know me better than that." They were his family, they always would be, even if they most definitely were NOT together anymore. "I can get a lot more creative than just killing someone."

"That's not particularly reassuring." Sai shakes his head as he looks around. "Well it looks as though people are starting dancing and making a run towards the food."

"Yes, they are." And food could wait, Sakura wanted to DANCE. Which is why she squeezes between her lovers, wrapping Sai's arms around her waist, before reaching for Naruto's gloved hands. "Come on, let's dance."

Sai smiles as as the three of them head off together with Naruto beaming like a happy-go-lucky idiot.

"Well, I suppose that means that we should join the dancing." Sasuke takes Hinata by the hand, pulling her to her feet as the music changes, picking up some speed as it transitions into a faster melody. "And it's time to put some of your lessons to the test." After all, variations on the tango wasn't all that Sasuke had drilled into Hinata.

"Alright." She smiles and wraps her arms around his neck. "What do you have in mind?"

Sasuke shakes his head, removing one of her hands and guiding the other to his shoulder as he drops one to her waist. "Bed girl, you're still too used to the travesty that people call club dancing." Honestly, he'd taught her better than that. "This is a Finnish Waltz. Half classical, half folk dance." Which translated to a lot of fun as he takes a step, forcing her to take one with him, and twirling her into the lively waltz.

"You didn't seem to mind the travesty the other day." She laughs as she dances with him, easily matching his pace.

"Yes, well, we can save that for once we're out of here." Sasuke didn't mind it if it was done in private, and to different music, since that sort of dancing could produce certain…issues. But if there was ballroom dance music, well, he was going to do things properly.

"I figured." She smiles at him, watching as Neji and Itachi also twirl around on the dance floor.

"So, we'll stay here until we fulfill our social obligations, and then we'll sneak out to have some alone time." Sasuke had arranged for the Honeymoon secretly, and was NOT planning on spending all of it in their hotel, despite being rather tempted to. He had a single mission.

Take Hinata to Rio de Janeiro and teach her the Samba and Salsa. And then maybe apply some of that to the rest of their honeymoon. Plus, Rio in July and August would be nice and hot, so Hinata would have to wear…barely anything at all.

She smiles at him. "Alone time with my Sexy Seal" Hinata kisses his cheek. "Sounds perfect."